Farmers' opinions on welfare, health and production practices in extensive hill sheep flocks in Great Britain

Livestock Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Morgan Davies, C ^a   Waterhouse, A ^a   Milne, C E ^a   Stott, A W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Farmers; Health; Hill sheep; Labour; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 33749067612     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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